About Carl Thomas

Carl founded Visalogic in 2006. He serves as the Director, while also working directly with new and existing clients and providing professional immigration advice to some of the UK's most successful companies, hospitality service providers, and sporting organisations. Carl has been involved in UK immigration for over 20 years and has a wealth of commercial experience and real world know-how that he uses on a daily basis to ensure UK employers and the skilled migrants they employ are compliant with UK immigration laws and regulations.

Campaigners have called on Prime Minister Theresa May to urgently launch a review into UK immigration policy with the aim of boosting international research and attracting new scientists from overseas.
Published by the Campaign for Science and Engineering (CaSE), the letter has been suppo...

Employers who are seeking to sponsor non-EU workers for a UK Tier 2 work permit during the winter season have been told to expect delays.
According to a report published by Personnel Today, employers need a restricted Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) for a UK Tier 2 work permit if your fu...

The University of Bristol has been chosen to take part in a pilot scheme which aims to ensure the UK visa application process is as streamlined as possible for taught postgraduate students looking to gain a place on a course of up to 13 months.
The university will join a number of other i...

The number of UK visas issued to Indian nationals has risen by 10 per cent in the past 12 months, according to the latest figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
According to the statistics, more than 526,000 UK visas were awarded to Indian citizens during 2017, mark...

The number of EU migrants in Britain is continuing to rise but growing at its slowest rate for more than four years, according to new figures.
New data has revealed that an estimated 2.35 million employees from within the EU worked in Britain from October to December 2017, marking an incr...

Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has stated that parents or carers of child refugees will be given the right to move to Britain under Labour’s UK immigration laws.
Speaking in London, Ms Abbott suggested that the party’s plans have been developed to end the practice of depor...

The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has backed calls for more clarity on UK immigration rules following the publishing of a new Home Affairs Committee report, which has recommended a review into UK Tier 2 work permits.
The report has openly criticised a lack of clear information for EEA...

Britain has reached its cap for UK visas for skilled, non-European workers for a record third month in a row, prompting concerns that these figures could signal the start of a long-term issue for the NHS.
According to data from the Home Office, more than a third of the UK tier 2 work perm...

A man who was sold into slavery as a child has won a court battle as three judges condemned “unlawful” UK immigration rules for trafficking victims.
Senior Appeal Court judges have officially overturned two decisions from the Home Office in a case brought by a 40-year-old traf...

The family members of Grenfell Tower victim Khadija Khalloufi have accused the Home Office of blocking them from attending a public inquiry into the disaster by preventing them from entering the UK.
According to Moroccan national Karim, brother of Khadijha, his mother and other sister hav...